That’s what I get for leaving a super filled with frames inside my basement – d’oh! Luckily, all is not ruined because the frames were made using plastic foundation and not wax. I’ve seen what unfettered wax moths can do to wax foundation and it is ugly! Yet, still the […]
Bee Diseases & Pests
Ahhh Mites! Treating For Varroa Destructor
Those blood sucking, drone thirsting, parasitic, bee vampire creatures. See that reddish-purple circle on the back of my bee? That’s a parasitic mite called Varroa destructor. It’s a nasty blood lusting, bee version of bedbugs and every hive in America is infested. These parasitic things suck the life out of […]